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Athlete Awards

Athlete of the Week

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Leah Galton

  • Award
    Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    11/3/2014
  • Sport
    Women's Soccer
  • Bio
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Hempstead, N.Y. – Monday marked a day of multiple awards for junior forward Leah Galton, who was named the GoHofstra Student-Athlete of the Week and the Big Apple Soccer Women's College Player of the Week for the second consecutive week.

Galton recorded her second consecutive hat trick for the Pride in a 3-0 win versus Towson on Sunday in the Colonial Athletic Association Championship quarterfinals at Hofstra Soccer Stadium. Galton won the Big Apple Soccer award last week when she netted her first career hat trick in Hofstra's 4-2 win over Delaware in the regular season finale.

With six goals in her last two games, Galton helped the third-seeded Pride advance to the semifinals against second-seeded James Madison on Friday at 3 p.m. on Northeastern's field.

In the postseason opener, Galton attempted eight shots. That figure matched the entire Towson output. Galton has a career-high 16 goals, which moved her one ahead of Scolarici for the CAA lead. It also placed Galton in a tie for ninth in NCAA Division I in the latest rankings released on Nov. 3.

With 16 goals, Galton has the third-highest single-season total in program history. Scolarici set the record with 18 in 2013.

Hofstra has won three games in a row and is unbeaten in its last seven (6-0-1). The team's last loss came to JMU on Oct. 3 at home with a 3-1 defeat. Both Hofstra and JMU were ranked in the top-10 of the NSCAA Mid-Atlantic latest poll that was released on Oct. 28.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
9/19/2017 Carys Swan Field Hockey
9/11/2017 Felicia Banda Women's Cross Country/Track
9/6/2017 Luisa Sydlik Volleyball
8/29/2017 Kristin Desmond Women's Soccer
7/25/2017 Meshack Eshun Addy Men's Soccer
7/6/2017 Laura Masciullo Volleyball
5/23/2017 Rob Weissheier Baseball
5/16/2017 Teddy Cillis Baseball
5/8/2017 Kristin Hallam Softball
5/2/2017 Chris Weiss Baseball
4/24/2017 John Rooney Baseball
4/18/2017 Brielle Pietrafesa Softball
4/11/2017 Tara Reutter Women's Tennis
4/4/2017 Andrea Neilson Women's Golf
3/28/2017 Becky Conto Women's Lacrosse
3/19/2017 Drew Shapiro Women's Lacrosse
3/16/2017 Josh Byrne Men's Lacrosse
3/6/2017 Jack Concannon Men's Lacrosse
3/1/2017 Justin Wright-Foreman Men's Basketball
2/21/2017 Krystal Luciano Women's Basketball
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